We're excited to announce that applications are now open for the Fall 21 Cohort Programs. In addition to our 10 existing programs across Growth, Product, and Marketing, we have also added four NEW programs that will serve product leaders, engineering leaders, and founders.
A quick reminder that our cohorts are intensive 4-6 week part-time programs led by real-world operators at the world's top tech companies, who built their careers doing the work discussed in the programs. Learn from them which problems really matter, better understand where to start, and receive the tools for how to solve them.
In addition to a cohort, applying and being accepted to Reforge's membership means you'll have an all-access pass to our entire library of content, weekly releases, deep-dive sessions on relevant topics, and ongoing events where you can connect with other leaders facing similar challenges around the globe.
Don't wait and apply today for your chance to secure a spot in the upcoming Fall 21 Cohort. Fall 21 Cohort begins the week of October 4th.
Announcing 4 New Programs Across Product, Engineering & Founders
Earlier this year we announced we would have four new programs for our members and community this fall, and we couldn't be more excited to share them with you. Over the coming weeks we'll be bringing a few of their insights to life on the blog, but for now, let's start with some top highlights.
Product Management Foundations
This program was created by:
Jiaona Zhang
VP of Product at Webflow, previously WeWork, Airbnb, and Dropbox
Anand Subramani
VP of Product at Path, previously Pilot and Gusto, Stanford Professor for Product Management
We heard so much demand for this across our entire community, so we're finally bringing it to you! This program is for early-career PMs, APMs, or even marketers/designers/engineers who are making a switch to Product Management. If you have less than three years of experience in Product Management and you are looking to build a foundational understanding of the product manager role, and learn the tools and strategies to succeed as a product manager - this program is for you!
In this program, you'll get a comprehensive overview of the Product Development process, you'll learn how to identify feature opportunities, design product features, launch and evaluate feature performance and communicate your wins effectively across the organization.
Mastering Product Management
This program was created by:
Sachin Rekhi
Founder & CEO of Notejoy, previously Head of Product at LinkedIn Sales Navigator, growing it from idea to $200M in sales in 1.5 years, and from 0 to 500 employees. He is also a seasoned Product teacher with 150+ published essays on product management leadership.
Our community is thriving with passionate product and growth leaders and one of the commonly requested programs is for us to go deep on how to master product management, so this program is just that. This program is for mid to senior-level product leaders, or growth leaders working closely with Product and will help you level up your product management abilities by mastering critical product management tools.
In this program, you'll learn how to identify and execute high leverage work that generates disproportionate product returns. You'll learn how to identify strategic product work, how to build internal alignment behind them, how to play the long game and go beyond bi-weekly sprints, and how to truly empower your team to get maximum leverage when building a winning product.
Technical Strategy
This program was created by:
Harsh Sinha
CTO of Wise (previously Engineering and Product at PayPal and eBay)
Bryan Dove
CEO at CommerceHub (previously CEO of Skyscanner, Engineering Leadership at Amazon, Skype, and Microsoft)
Our mission is to be the place where top tech comes to scale, and while we have largely focused to date on serving growth, product, and marketing leaders, we have had thousands of engineering leaders turn to us for advice and support. This new program is our first-ever program focused on serving the engineering leadership community, and we can't wait to see what you think. This program is for engineering managers and senior ICs who want to learn how to go beyond executing strategy and gain the tools to shape strategy, educate peers on what is possible, and guide the product roadmap to deliver significant business impact.
In this program, you'll learn how to balance a portfolio of engineering work, optimize it based on company strategy, generate innovative ideas and assess tradeoffs more effectively, and ultimately execute strategically to ensure technology best supports the company strategy.
Growth for Founders
This program was created by:
Brian Balfour
CEO @ Reforge, Ex VP Growth @ HubSpot
Elena Verna
Growth Advisor to Miro, Netlify, MongoDB, and Ex SVP at SurveyMonkey
Casey Winters
CPO at Eventbrite, Ex Pinterest, Grubhub
Fareed Mosavat
GP at Reforge, Ex Slack, Instacart, Zynga
Ravi Mehta
Ex CPO at Tinder, Facebook, Tripadvisor
Since we first launched the Growth Series, we have had CEOs and Founders ask for a specific program tailored for their unique growth needs, and here it is! This program has an adjusted format and focused on applicable content to ensure CEOs and Founders get practical, tangible value but also that they can do so with their very busy schedules. This program is for Founders and CEOs with a publicly launched product and strong signs of product-market fit who are looking to gain critical growth tools to help your company traverse the next leg of its growth journey.
In this program, you'll get an overview of our most impactful growth frameworks, and you'll get practice applying these frameworks to make real, difficult decisions, in a world where there's never just one easy answer. In addition, you'll get access to the experience of proven growth experts who will share how they made these very decisions to drive meaningful impact.
This fall our members will get access to these four programs and the entire program library which includes our infamous Growth Series program and more. If you're ready to take your career to the next level and learn valuable tools to drive meaningful impact at your company, we're here to help.